LATIN AMERICAN MSS.--VENEZUELA

The Latin American mss. Venezuela, 1581-1880, although
containing a range of materials, are principally concerned with
Venezuela's war of independence. Information concerning the
Spanish army can be found in the bound Libro de ordenes de la
Capitania General de la provincia de Maracaybo, Venezuela, a
registry of governmental acts dating from March 19, 1812, to
December 5, 1820, and in the correspondence of Pablo Morillo y
Morillo, marques de la Puerta to Francisco Ramon de Eguia, the
Spanish minister of war, containing detailed information on the
progress of the war both in the text of the letters and in the
enclosures.

Other manuscripts relating to the war of independence include
Andres Boggiero's Ydeas sobre la costa firme o` Caracas; an
oversize Estado que manifiesta la fuerza y Planas mayores de
Cumana Yndependiente dated October 25, 1811; a treaty concerning
the conduct of the war, signed on November 26-27, 1820, by
Antonio Jose de Sucre and Pablo Morillo y Morillo, marques de la
Puerta; Simon Bolivar's Reglamento que debera observarse para
eleccion de Gefe Supremo de la Republica caso de que por
qualquier accidente muera, o sea tomado prisionero por el
Enemigo, el actual; and correspondence of several of the leading
figures in the war.

Two items in the collection directly relate to the founding of
the Republica de Gran Colombia: the Ley fundamental de la
Republica de Colombia and the Reglamento provisional para la
Presidencia de la Republica, both signed by Francisco Antonio
Zea.

The collection also contains some items from Venezuela's
colonial period, important among these is the Documents
concerning construction at La Guaira, forty-eight manuscripts
dating from June 23, 1775, to July 31, 1793; a folio size map of
the fort on the Orinoco River; and an eighteenth century copy of
Pedro de Aguado's Historia de Venezuela y Nuevo Reyno de Granada,
probably written in 1581, published in 1950 (F2332 .A282).

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